Lightning,
electrical wiring, and arson are among the three top causes of church fires and
are also the most destructive. See info4u.us/ChurchFires.pdf for an interesting article on this
subject.
According
to US Fire Administration data, 65% of churches that reported fires had no
smoke alarms. The fact is that smoke alarms are virtually useless in
dealing with lightning and electrical fires and not very effective for arson
reporting. So, what should you do to protect your church?
First
you need to DETECT AND REPORT electrical failure, then to detect and report
unauthorized entry, and finally detect and report smoke in attics and the upper
levels of steeples.